The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27146 September 18 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: China, DIPLODOCUS, ENTANGLING, NECTAR.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27146 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A religious sect north of river, devoted to queen and her workers? | apicultural |
| Alternative to “ridiculous” one’s put out | LUDICROUS |
| America must cut pollution to keep up | SUSTAIN |
| Bees take it from flowers close by, bordering court | NECTAR |
| Brand one lover ‘short of ecstasy’, taking another | FLAMBEAU |
| China last to claim victory, symbolically | PALM |
| Converted coaches, not one fitted with silencer? | TRANSMUTED |
| Dilatory sailor on duty cleared out | TARDY |
| Dinosaur’s decline complete in the vicinity | DIPLODOCUS |
| Freak may be on trial abroad, after English withdrawal | ABNORMALITY |
| Heading to the back, wander past | OVER |
| I’m surprised to secure record top mark | ALPHA |
| Impious bishop on island about to engage in affair | IRREVERENT |
| Initial ‘R’ in one’s own writing | FIRST |
| Jump, ultimately failing to take the lead | STAR |
| Lifts, commonly for high part of building | EAVES |
| Like some curves, deliberately exaggerated | HYPERBOLIC |
| Many uncovered poet quite slowly | ANDANTE |
| Old sailors on ship prompt to turn criminal | SUBORN |
| Ordering audit from time to time, no women being involved? | ADJUSTMENT |
| Plastic denture kept for an agreed time | TENURED |
| Reportedly keeps back vital equipment for tower | ROPE |
| Second person with false bottom in English town | EVESHAM |
| Snarling Parisian in stern of boat, Walton’s craft | ENTANGLING |
| Stitch-up that’s annoyed me | DARN |
| Veggie food seaman from East always rejected | SOYA |
| Victoria’s first PM providing her capital? | MELBOURNE |
| What disillusioned preacher may do for lords and ladies? | jack-in-the-pulpit |
| Wild daisy covering most of area, maybe | i dare say |